Professors
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| Michael Alfaro | vertebrate diversification and macroevolution (especially coral reef fishes), functional and evolutionary morphology, comparative methods, phylogenetics |
| Priyanga Amarasekare | Mechanisms of diversity maintenance in variable environments |
| Paul Barber | Evolution of conservation of marine biodiversity, Coral reefs, Evolutionary and population genetics, Natural selection and adaptation. |
| Daniel Blumstein | The evolution of behavior and the integration of behavior and conservation biology. |
| Robert Eagle Tripati | |
| Peggy Fong | Marine ecology of coastal ecosystems. |
| Nandita Garud | Population genetics; evolution in natural populations with a current focus on the microbiome. |
| Gregory Grether | Causes and consequences of aggression and reproductive interference between species; character displacement; species recognition; evolution of coloration; the role of phenotypic plasticity in evolution; animal behavior |
| David Jacobs | Evolution/Development of Invertebrate Body Plans, Paleobiology and Marine Speciation |
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| Nathan Kraft | Plant community ecology, with an emphasis on functional and phylogenetic approaches to understanding community assembly and species coexistence; tropical forest dynamics; biogeography and the assembly of regional biotas. |
| James Lloyd-Smith | Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases; emerging pathogens and zoonoses; host population heterogeneities; integration of dynamics across scales. |
| Kirk Lohmueller | Population genetics; Statistical methods in evolutionary and medical genetics; genetic variation data |
| Glen MacDonald | Glen M Sproul dit MacDonald works on issues of climate change and ecological and societal responses. |
| Peter Nonacs | Behavioral ecology and social evolution, using both theoretical and experimental approaches. |
| Elsa Ordway | Global change and forest ecosystems; remote sensing; ecosystem ecology; tropical ecology; social-ecological systems; land-use change; conservation. |
| Noa Pinter-Wollman | The emergence of collective behavior from variation and interactions among system components. |
| Lawren Sack | Ecology and physiology of plant species coexistence. Hydraulics of plant water transport. Evolution and functional consequences of diversity in leaf size, shape and venation. Forest dynamics and ecohydrology. Conservation physiology. |
| Van Savage | Effects of climate on ecological systems; species interactions; evolutionary dynamics; mathematical biology; biological scaling in relation to thermal responses, vascular systems, sleep, and tumor growth |
| Barney Schlinger | Steroid hormone synthesis and action in birds; hormonal control of brain and behavior in tropical bird species |
| Karen Sears | Developmental and evolutionary biology of mammals |
| H. Bradley Shaffer | Population biology, landscape ecology, and conservation genomics of reptiles and amphibians, particularly in California |
| Thomas Smith | Evolutionary ecology, speciation, and conservation of vertebrates, especially in the tropics. |
| Victoria Sork | Ecological, evolutionary, and conservation genomics of tree populations; evolutionary biology and conservation science of oaks; phylogeography; hybridization and introgression; molecular ecology of pollen and seed dispersal. |
| Morgan Tingley | Effects of global change on biodiversity; hierarchical modeling; fire and Californian wildlife; ornithology; conservation. |
| Tina Treude | |
| Pamela Yeh | Adaptation to novel environments; evolution of drug resistance in bacteria; urban ecology and evolution |
| Felipe Zapata | Evolutionary biology of flowering plants, with a particular focus on the Neotropics, California, and Hawaii |
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Incoming Professors
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Adjuncts
| Anthony Baniaga | Plant Systematics, Polyploidy, Ecophysiology, Selaginella |
| Christy Brigham | |
| Jon Keeley | Ecology of fire-prone ecosystems and alien plants that invade these systems. |
| Benjamin Knowles | I am a viral ecologist whose research focuses on whether viruses choose to kill or parasitize their hosts, what drives this decision, and what its outcomes are from molecular to global scales. |
| Brenda Larison | |
| Jonathan Marcot | |
| Barbara Natterson-Horowitz | Natterson-Horowitz applies broadly comparative and phylogenetic perspectives to better understand the causes of disease and to identify naturally occurring animal models with resistance to high impact human pathologies. |
| Seth Riley | Ecology and conservation of wildlife in fragmented urban landscapes. |
| Debra Shier | Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology |
| Xiaoming Wang | My current researches have two broad focuses: 1, evolution, systematics, and phylogeny of fossil carnivorans (meat-eating mammals) in Cenozoic and. 2, Geology and vertebrate paleontology of Tibetan Plateau. |
Professors Emeriti
| Clifford Brunk | Molecular biological approaches to the study of evolution. |
| Martin Cody | Community structure, determinants of diversity, density and distribution, interspecific interactions and adaptive morpho |
| Franz Engelmann | Insect physiology, insect and invertebrate endocrinology. |
| Elma Gonzalez | Cell and molecular biology of calcification in coccolithophorid algae. |
| Malcolm Gordon | Comparative ecological physiology of lower vertebrates, with emphasis on fish locomotion |
| Patty Gowaty | Evolutionary ecology, evolution of behavior, sexual behavior, mating systems, sexual conflict, parental behavior, maternal effects, developmental plasticity, sex allocation, genetic parentage, ornithology |
| William Hamner | Behavior of oceanic animals, emphasizing in situ observations at sea. |
| Henry Hespenheide | The evolutionary ecology and biodiversity of Neotropical wet forest insects. |
| Steve Hubbell | Community ecology; biodiversity |
| Ken Nagy | Ecological physiology of terrestrial vertebrates, especially desert reptiles. |
| Peter Narins | Auditory Behavior, Neurophysiology and Mechanics |
| Park Nobel | Plant physiological ecology, especially agaves and cacti |
| Philip Rundel | Adaptations of plants to environmental stress, focusing on mediterranean, desert, and tropical ecosystems; applications of environmental sensor arrays for ecological research |
| Charles Taylor | avian bioacoustics; adaptive sensor arrays; artificial life |
| Blaire Van Valkenburgh | Paleobiology, ecology, and functional morphology of vertebrates |
| Richard Vance | Marine, Theoretical, and Restoration Ecology |
| Eduardo Zeiger | Plant physiology and photobiology; with emphasis in stomatal function. |
| Cheryl Ann Zimmer | Population ecology of marine organisms, especially the role of hydrodynamic processes |
| Richard Zimmer | Ecology and sensory biology of aquatic organisms; chemical signals and communication |
Postdocs and Research Faculty
| Eric J Caldera | |
| Mark Andrew Elvin | |
| Sorel T Fitz-Gibbon | Genome Sequence Of P. Aerophilium |
| Ana E Garcia Vedrenne | |
| Emily Elizabeth Curd Guswa | Conducting Sampling, Dna Extraction, Sequencing And Analysis Of Environmental Dna Samples From Sediment And Soil In California |
| Sarah Jacobs | |
| Andrew Ring Kleinhesselink | |
| Natalie Jewel Lemanski | |
| Jennifer Ann Maier | |
| Jeffrey P Maloy | |
| Evan M Mccartney-Melstad | |
| Julie Serena Miller | |
| Portia Mae Mira | |
| Maura Palacios Mejia | |
| Katherine Prager | Understanding The Dynamics Of Leptospirosis Interrogans Serovar Pomona In California Sea Lions |
| Alexa Aline Sadier | |
| Peter Scott | |
| Satoshi Tomano | |
| Daniel Joseph Wieczynski |
Faculty Leadership
| Michael Alfaro | EEB Department Chair |
| Pamela Yeh | Vice Chair of Academic Personnel |
| Karen Sears | Vice Chair of Undergraduate Studies |
| Morgan Tingley | Vice Chair of Graduate Studies |
| Nathan Kraft | Vice Chair of Community |
Committees
By-Laws Coordinator
Responsible for updating the departmental by-laws and ensuring that they align with the most current Academic Senate regulations.
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Legislative Assembly Representatives
https://www.senate.ucla.edu/committee/lga
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Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Responsible for maintaining and updating of the undergraduate curriculum.
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Departmental Awards Committee
Responsible for overseeing the Departmental awards program; (e.g., Faculty Research Lecturer, Distinguished Teaching Award, Woman Scientist of the Year, etc.)
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Faculty Advisors to the Departmental Webpage
- Michael Alfaro
- Karen Sears
- Morgan Tingley
- Nathan Kraft
- Pamela Yeh
Incoming Student Trip
Responsible for planning a trip for incoming graduate students traditionally held at the start of Fall quarter.
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Faculty-Graduate Student Liaison (FSL)
Graduate Student Liaison to the EEB Faculty.
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Graduate Admissions and Support Committee
Responsible for coordinating the acceptance and admission of new grad students, and support offers.
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MBQ/FBQ Committee
Responsible for overseeing the department’s MBQ and FBQ programs including planning upcoming locations/quarters.
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Faculty Undergraduate Advisor
Faculty responsible for review of undergraduate student petitions and consultant to the Curriculum Committee.
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Academic Personnel Committee
Responsible for coordinating the departmental review of academic personnel concerns.
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Seminar & EcoEvoPub Committees
https://www.eeb.ucla.edu/seminars
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Graduate Curriculum Committee
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Biological Sciences Council (BSC)
Graduate student representative for EEB on the BSC.
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Faculty Graduate Advisor
Responsible for supporting graduate student progress by serving as a liaison between graduate students, staff, faculty, and chair.
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Research Symposium Committee
Responsible for planning the Research Symposium in the spring quarter.
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Dive Safety Board
Responsible for overseeing the UCLA Scientific Diving Program.
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Development
Responsible for working with College Development to create and increase funding to department.
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EvMed Program Committee
Responsible for managing the Evolutionary Medicine MS and undergraduate minor programs, as well as their curriculums. At the Graduate level, reviews EvMed admission files and forwards recommendations to the GAC.
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Graduate Research Awards Committee
Responsible for nominating EEB graduate students for various campus and divisional fellowships including the UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship. Most campus wide award nominations occur in April, though ad hoc award nominations may occur during the year. Also responsible for nominating continuing students for annual departmental funding awards during the Spring quarter.
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Professional Development Committee
Responsible for coordinating professional development events for graduate students.
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Graduate DWQE Coordinator
Responsible for overseeing the Departmental Written Qualifying Examination for MS and PhD students.
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Hacky Hours Committee
Responsible for coordinating Hacky Hours for graduate students.
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Committee for Anti-Racism and Equity (CARE)
The Committee for Anti-Racism and Equity (CARE) is charged with providing oversight and recommendations on departmental practices to advance non-discrimination, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging within EEB, viewed through the lens of anti-racism.
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